Table 1 Distribution of patients according to the circumstances and characteristic of injury
Variables | Number of patients | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Time of injury | Â | Â |
 Day | 125 | 83.3 |
 Night | 22 | 14.7 |
 Time not specified | 3 | 2.0 |
Place of injury | Â | Â |
 Home | 86 | 57.3 |
 Sideway/along road | 59 | 39.3 |
 Recreation | 3 | 2.0 |
 School | 2 | 1.3 |
Nature of injury | Â | Â |
 Intentional | 0 | 0 |
 Unintentional | 150 | 100 |
Cause of injury | Â | Â |
 RTA | 59 | 39.3 |
 Falls | 12 | 8 |
 Burn | 32 | 21.3 |
 Foreign body | 47 | 31.3 |
Mechanism of injury | Â | Â |
 Blunt | 71 | 47.3 |
 Burn | 32 | 21.3 |
 Foreign body ingestion | 47 | 31.3 |
Arrival time | Â | Â |
 ≤24 hrs | 124 | 83 |
 >24 hrs | 26 | 17 |
Pre hospital care | Â | Â |
 Done | 11 | 7.3 |
 Not done | 139 | 92.7 |
Waiting time | Â | Â |
 ≤6 hrs | 125 | 83.3 |
 6 – 24 hrs | 24 | 16.0 |
 >24 hrs | 1 | 0.67 |
Body region affected | Â | Â |
 Head/neck | 49 | 32.7 |
 Chest | 20 | 13.3 |
 Abdomen/pelvic | 5 | 3.3 |
 Extremities | 42 | 28.0 |
 Multiple body part | 34 | 22.7 |